Picking up The Stone Gallows by C. David Ingram (Myrmidon, 2009) I wasn’t at all sure this was going to be my cup of tea. I don’t as a rule read crime, and although I make an exception for Rebus (mainly because Rankin’s voice resonates with me on some deep level) I’m finding I’ve started to lose interest in the … Continue reading The Stone Gallows
Is it a cake, is it a pudding? I’m no great shakes at baking but a few months ago I found this recipe. It sounded so easy I tried it straight away and it turned out perfectly. Yesterday, being relieved of the usual cooking duties, I did it again to share with some other Mums and it … Continue reading Sure fire recipe
An interesting coincidence this week – or was it? On Wednesday, thanks to Twitter I picked up an interesting post on Vanessa Gebbie’s blog about the visual impact of fiction, i.e. how layout and typography influence our perception (and enjoyment) of what we read. This works at different levels, from the appearance of the page – ratio of white … Continue reading Small but perfectly formed
Last summer while on jury service, a fellow juror (and comparative stranger) seeing me with book in hand, took me to one side and told me I should read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. When I’d had the same advice from several others (whose reading tastes I knew better!) I eventually took it and am happy to pass … Continue reading Civil Rights and Civil War
I’ve read a few articles lately extolling writing by hand, some of them by otherwise hardened technophiles. For these people I have nothing but admiration If they can live without the delete key, without Ctrl X and Ctrl Z, I take my hat off to them. I’m also prepared to believe, as is sometimes stated (sorry, … Continue reading Paper, pixels and the lost art of handwriting
